Offer To The CEO

Monday, continued …

Sophie looked around and knew that she had support, but all she could say is "I do not know."

Anna's observations told her that further discussing the situation was not going to help. "Sophie do not worry, just know that both companies, the joint venture and those of use around you will support your decision. Take the time that you need."

Anna observed those talking to Amanda had left the room, leaving the five of them the only ones present, although their bodyguards would not be far away. At the moment the important thing was Mary and Sophie, nothing else. Amanda, walked over to them.

"Girls, this my friend Amanda Mei, a lawyer who works with me at Hou Enterprises. She also is the wife CEO Yao, of XF International. I trust her so you can. Mary, given my cast, I will tell her what you have told me and she will go to the police station with you to protect you. Sophie, talk to her as I think she can help you."

After getting herself onto her crutches Anna continued "I hate to leave you, but as you can imagine I get very tired as of this injury, and I am to a point I need to break. Please stay and talk to Amanda after I give her a rundown of what you have said so that you do not have to go through all that emotional roller-coaster again."

Moving slightly away, Anna briefly told Amanda what the girls had said, before Amanda reassured her she would do what she could.

Reaching where the bodyguards were, Anna asked them "Has my husband left or is he still in the building with CEO Yao?"

After a few minutes one answered "Madam Hou, he is still in CEO Yao's office. He was about to leave but hearing that you asked for him he will come down and meet him."

As they moved into the foyer Hou Yi came towards her with a sweet looking smile on his face. Anna realised for him in that moment nothing other than her existed. He walked over and lent down giving her a brief kiss on the cheek "Sweetheart, shall we head back to Hou Enterprises?"

"Actually, I need to speak to you and Yao Tan. Amanda is still in there, and I suspect for the next few days she is going to be tied up in dealing with what I have to tell you."

Hou Yi noticed that Anna was extremely concerned so as they started to move into the foyer area, he pulled out his phone and called Yao Tan, who informed him that they both should come up.

Five minutes later Anna was seated comfortably in Yan Tan's office, which despite being smaller that Hou Yi's office had a similar layout.

Both looked concerned, and being impatient, Hou Yi could not help but to ask "What is is Anna? You have me worried."

"Yi, it is nothing per se about me, but …"

Hou Yi was distracted at thinking there was a problem with Anna, but Yao Tan realised with those words, someone after they left spoke to her about something that concerns her greatly. "Someone spoke to you about something?"

"Correct. I was approached by three young girls, 17 years old. A Sophie and Mary, who had signed with Lu Corportion's entertainment division and a Joan who signed with XF International. They all came from the same rural town, and apparently all competed in a talent competition last year. Joan made the comment at the time she thought that she had lost in signing with XF International, but now views she won, compared to her friends."

Yao Tan, quickly started to put the pieces together as to the girls. He knew their names, and while it was not important that they used those English names, the three of then stood out in his mind. He had wanted to sign all three for the XF International Entertainment Division, as he believed they had talents in multiple areas, but two signed with Lu Corporation.

Their careers, had moved highly quickly and he worried that they would not cope, unlike their friend who he signed who was not only completing her education and being assisted even now to start a university degree, but becoming one of those exceptional musical theatre talents, who could become someone like a female Hugh Jackman, a showman, a great actor, and able to sell out a theatre for any production that they appeared in.

"I am guessing something happened to them."